Lebanon
Oil falls US$2 on possible Middle East peace deal
OIL prices fell more US$2 on Monday (Nov 25) after multiple reports that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to the terms of a deal to end the Israel-Hizbollah conflict, citing unnamed senior US officials.
US to deploy missile defence system and about 100 troops to Israel
THE United States is sending an advanced missile defence system to Israel, along with about 100 US troops to operate it, the Pentagon announced on Sunday. It is the first deployment of US forces to Is...
WHO warns of possible Lebanon disease outbreaks as hospitals shut
WHO warned of disease outbreaks such as acute watery diarrhoea, hepatitis A, and a number of vaccine preventable diseases
Ahead of attack anniversary, Netanyahu says: ‘We will win’
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed victory and said his country’s military “completely transformed reality” in the year since Hamas’s Oct 7 attack, which has left the country fi...
Foreigners flee Lebanon as Israeli offensive intensifies
The escalating conflict has drawn in Iran and risks drawing in the US
Israel strikes Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader
Israel struck more targets in Lebanon on Sunday (Sep 29), pressing Hezbollah with new attacks after killing the Iran-backed group’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and a string of its other top comma...
Israel bombs residential site in effort to kill Hezbollah leader
THE Israeli military bombed residential buildings south of Beirut, Lebanon on Friday (Sep 27) that it said stood over the central headquarters of Hezbollah, barely an hour after Prime Minister Benjami...
Israel rejects US-backed Lebanon ceasefire proposal
“There will be no ceasefire in the north,” says Foreign Minister Israel Katz
US shows lack of leverage as Israel pounds Lebanon
FOR nearly a year, one of President Joe Biden’s top priorities has been to prevent the Gaza war from spiraling into an all-out regional conflict.
Japan walkie-talkie maker says investigating after Lebanon blasts
JAPANESE firm Icom said on Thursday (Sep 19) that it was investigating after media reported that two-way radio devices bearing its logo exploded in Lebanon.
